The temperature on December 23, 1889 was about 7.4 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of death January 6, 1944
The temperature on January 6, 1944 was between 2.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
June 20 » World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
October 6 » World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
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